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Housing Minister Nelson Bascome estimates there are 125 persons on the Bermuda Housing Corporation's emergency housing waiting list ... roughly the same number as when the Government changed hands almost three years ago!
It does not mean that some pr...
DATE: Aug 28, 2001
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More and more people are taking to the water to escape Bermuda's high cost of housing.
It isn't for everybody, and there are some disadvantages, but for those choosing to live on boats the pros far out weight the cons. It has become a viable alternat...
DATE: Aug 24, 2001
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Tuesday's article in the housing series under headline "A good tenant is hard to find" drew an angry response from two single mothers searching for accommodations.
`Charles', the landlord interviewed in the article, stated how many landlords were re...
DATE: Aug 24, 2001
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People living in boats at the Dockyard Marina are not prepared to let go of a good thing.
Which is why those trying to move in are having a difficult time getting a space. Enquiries to Dockyard Marina manager Mark Osinga have increased lately, but n...
DATE: Aug 24, 2001
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Health and Social Services Minister Nelson Bascome has identified what he thinks are some of the main issues influencing Bermuda's housing crisis.
But solving the problems are not so simple. His is the biggest of all the Ministries and he recognises ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2001
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First thing every morning, five times a week Margaret (not her real name) sits at her desk in the Hamilton firm where she is employed and quickly scans the real estate ads in the daily newspaper.
She starts with the furnished apartments, then the unf...
DATE: Aug 17, 2001
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The lack of a sports museum in Bermuda means that much of the cricket artefacts from our history are left to be stored under beds and in closets and sheds.
Take for example the bat and gloves that Charlie Marshall used when he became the first player...
DATE: Aug 10, 2001
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Imagine the bat that Australian Charles Bannerman used to score the first century in Test cricket against England in 1877 going up for sale at an auction in a major cricketing country.
It would spark a bidding frenzy and would probably sell for sever...
DATE: Aug 10, 2001
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Proud parents John and Belinda Tucker always knew their son Janeiro had it in him to be something special.
And dad thinks the best is yet to come from the Somerset player who blasted his way into the record books last Thursday at Wellington Oval when...
DATE: Aug 06, 2001
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It is some of the most sought after real estate in Bermuda and doesn't even need to be advertised.
Offers are only taken in writing and it is best submitted about a year in advance.
We're talking about the process of renting viewing plots at Cup Matc...
DATE: Jul 31, 2001
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